Barrel



R. ROWNTREE.

BARREL, KEG, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.13. 191a.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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R. ROWNTREE.

BARRELJ KEG, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED r:a.xa.191s.

Patented July 15, 1919.

2 HHS-SHEET 2 RICHARDSON ROWNTREE, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

BARREL, KEG, on THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed February 13, 1918. Serial no. 216,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ricrmnnson RowN- TREE, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Seattle, county of King, State of iVashington, havemade a certain new and useful Invention in Barrels, Kegs, or the like,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barrels, kegs, tubs, hogsheads, or the like,and which I will hereinafter generically refer to as receptacles.

The object of the invention is to provide a light, strong, durable, andcheap receptacle of the character described.

A further object of the invention is to provide a veneered receptacle ofthe character described.

A further object of the invention is to provide a veneered receptaclewhich is exceedingly light in weight, and which is made up of but fewstandard parts which may be readily assembled together, and which, dueto the unique method of joining the respective parts together, isexceedingly strong.

Further objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter. Y

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination,location, and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fullyhereinafter set forth, as shown by the accompanying drawings, andfinally pointedout in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of areceptacle constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a section of the receptacle showing abutt joint.

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of one form of rim joint.

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing lap joints of the stave.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View through the end rim of the receptacle.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of a modified rim section.

Fig; 8 is a horizontal sectional view showing one form of stave joint.

of stave joints in section which may be employed in accordance with myinvention.

Figs. l0, 10, 10 and 10 are similar views showing a number of lap jointsor joints be tween end rims and staves Figs. 11, 11 and 11 show a numberof modified types of joints and end rims in section.

Figs. 12, 12 and 12 show in section a number of modified forms of groovejoints between the heads and the rims that may be employed in accordancewith my invention.

Figs. 13, 13*, 13 and 13 show in plan various modified forms of jointsthat may be employed between rim sections.

The same part is desi nated by the same reference character w ierever itoccurs throughout the several views.

It is a well established fact .in the art that hard, wood barrels, kegs,hogshcads, or more generally, receptacles, of this nature, arepreferable to soft wood receptacles of this nature due to the strengththereof, and the lightness thereof. For a given or required strength ahard wood receptacle is many times lighter than a soft wood receptacleof the same strength. Due, however, to the fact that hard wood isconstantly increasing in price and is growing scarcer every year it ishard to obtain the same for ordinary use. It is among the specialpurposes of my present invention to provide a veneered barrel with ahard wood 'veener which has all of the advantages that a hard woodbarrel or receptacle has over the soft wood receptacle, and which inaddition has n'iarked advantages over the solid hard wood receptacle. Inthe first instance I am enabled to make a large saving in the hard woodmaterial. I am secondly enabled to decrease the weight of the receptaclefor a given strength from forty to fifty per cent. thereby facili!atinyhandling and enabling: an economical shipment of receptacles of myconstruction by freight or express. lVeig'hing less, it is obvious thatthe receptacle is cheaper to handle. Being veneered the receptacle isstronger and less liable tocrack than is the solid wood receptacle eventhough it is constructed of one-half the thickness of the solid woodreceptacle.

Veneered woods are now made in three pl y and five ply wood orthicknesses; sometimes of all soft woods, sometimes of all hard woods,and sometimes of mixed woods, and while I have shown and will nowdescribe my invention as applied to a three ply wood with a soft woodbody and a hard wood inner and outer veneer, I wish it to be understoodthat my invention in its broadest scope is not to be limited thereto,but is to be construed in the broadest interpretation of the foregoingdefinition. Likewise while I have shown and will now describe myinvention as embodied in a veneered barrel, I wish it to be understoodthat I do not desire to be limited or restricted thereto, as theinvention can be readily applied to receptacles of any nature. In theform of my invention shown in the drawings I propose to construct thereceptacle, and in this nstance the barrel, indicated generally at 1, offour stavcs, each stave being previously veneered. I provide eachveneered stave with solid edges and ends, and join the edges and endstogether by joints or connections of any suitable or desired nature, butpreferably of such construction that at no place of joindcr between thevarious elements of the barrel structure is there a straight line ofconnection which might tend to render the joint weak or separable. Thefour staves I have shown at 2, 3, i and 5, are each provided with aninner veneer 6 and an outer veneer 7. To the edges of the veneeredstaves are secured, in any suitable means and preferably by lue, a solidpiece of wood indicated at 8. 'I hese pieces of wood 8 form the meetingor adjoining edges of the staves 2, 3, 4, and 5. Each stave has also asolid piece of wood indicated at 9 glued to each end of the stave toform the rim at the top and bottom. One of the essential requirementsfor the manufiicture of veneered receptacles of this nature is that thebarrel or receptacle can be assembled when the three pieces of woodwhich constitute each stave, namely, the stave, edge, and rim portions,are glued together to form the veneered board, the glue is pressed outat all edges, and when the board is dry, for all work of this nature isdone under heat, the edges are trimmed ofi'. As it is necessary for eachstave to have solid edges and ends because without them the edges of theveneered material would come apart in handling the ban rcl and as thebarrel would be of short life and would be quickly knocked to pieces,the parts mentioned must be glued together to form the complete stavebefore the stave is veneered, cooled, dried and trimmed, therefore theseven pieces which constitute the iUIl'lplGtB stave are all cut andbent, then lucd together in one operation, the seven pieces referred tobeing the core 5, the two veneers (i and 7, and the two end rims 9, oneat each end of the barrel. These parts are all glued together in oneoperation under pressure, and consequently no trimming is required. Therespective pieces of wood S at me edges of each stave may be joinedtogether in any suitable manner, and while I have shown in Fig. 9various types of joints that may be employed for this purpose, I do notdesire to be limited or restricted to any particular type or form ofjoint. Likewise the lap joint between the pieces of wood 8 and the body5 of the stave may be strengtl'iened in any suitable or desired manner.For example, in Fig. 10, at 12 I show a continuous tongue and groove,and at 13 a butt joint; at 14 a spline joint, and at 15 a doweled joint.The rims 9 may be strengthened in their joinder with the staves 2, 3, 4or 5, as the case may be, by any suitable form of joint, preIera-bly oneof the various joints shown in Fig. 10. The rims 9 are constructed topermit the head 16 at the top and bottom of the barrel to be retainedtherein. The head 16 may likewise be veneered, that is, with a body andtwo veneered surfaces as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 12, although I do notdesire to be limited in this respect as any type of head may beemployed. In Fig. 12 I show three types of head and rim joiner, thefirst being a flat edged head countersunk in the rim; the second being arounded edged head countersunk in the rim; and the third being a headflush with the inner edge of the rim with a spline joint between thetwo. In Fig. 6 I show an angular head countersunk in a cooperatingangular seat in the surface of the rim. In Fig. 7 I show the head 16seated on a jog on the inner surface of the rim 9 and flush with thesurface thereof held in place by a band 20 which may be suitably securedto the rim 9 by nails, screws, or the like, as indicated. The rimsections 9 of each stave may be secured to each other in any suitable ordesired manner, and in Fig. 13 I show various types of joints for thispurpose, 21 being a horizontal lap joint, a vertical lap joint, eitheror both of which may include in connection therewith a pin, the holesfor which are indicated at 23. At 24 and 25 I show either horizontal orvertical tongue and groove joint or dovetailed joint respectively.Likewise in Figs. 1- and 5 a still further modified joint for the endrim is shown. From the foregoing it is apparent that with any one of thejoints employed there is not a straight line through any piece of thebarrel or where two pieces meet together, and as above explained manyother types of joints will readily occur to lill ' ow/m those skilled inthe art for this purpose without departing from the spirit or scope ofmy invention as defined in the claims.

In connection with the foregoing hoops or hands indicated at 29 may beemployed. ()n standard barrels there are now employed eight hoops, twoat each end only a 'frintion of an inch apart, but in a cordance \viihmy invention I employ merely two end hoops in one piece of substantialwidth as shown. l'Vide end hoops of this nature greatly in crease thestrength of the barrel and also the glued end rim joints, so that itwill take very great pressure to break the ends as will be readilyunderstood.

Having now set forth the objects and nature of my invention, and havingshown and described structures embodying the principles thereof, what Iclaim as new and useful, and of my own invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A veneered barrel comprising a plural ity of veneered slaves joinedtogether to form a smooth continuous contour without a straighttransverse line of jointure therebetween.

2. A veneered barrel comprising a plurality of veneered staves, eachconsisting of a spaced inner and outer veneered strip with a bodyiDiUI'POSGtl therebetween, and each provided with solid pieces at theside and end edges thereof interposed between said spaced veneeredstrips and secured thereto with the outer side edges thereof flush withthe outer surface of said strips, said side and end pieces beingprovided with means for engaging the side and end pieces of an adjacentstave without a straight transverse line of jointure therebetween.

A veneered barrel comprising a plurality of veneered staves, eachconsisting of a spaced inner and outer veneered strip with a bodyinterposed therebetween, and each provided with solid pieces at the sideand end edges thereof interposed between said space veneered strips andsecured thereto with the outer side edges thereof flush with the outersurface of said strips, said side and end pieces being provided withmeans for engaging the side and end pieces of an adjacent stave withouta straight transverse line of jointure therebetween, and said end piecesforming when assembled a barrel rim, and means for receiving a barrelhead in said rim.

4. A veneered barrel comprising a plurality of veneered staves eachprovided with solid pieces secured to the side edges and ends thereof,and each of said side edge and end pieces provided with means to engagethe side edge and end piece of an adjacent stave and to lie flush withthe outer surface of said adjoining staves without a straight transverseline of jointure therebetween, said end pieres forming, when a em bled,a barrel rim, and means for receiving a barrel head in said barrel rim.

5. A veneered barrel comprising a plurality of staves each romprising abody and an inner and outer veneer and solid pieces secured to the sideedges and ends thereof and lying flush with the outer surface of theouter veneer, and means for joining bnti ing edge and end pieces withouta straight trans verse line of jointure therebetween.

6. A veneered barrel comprising a plural ity of staves, each comprisinga body and an inner and outer veneer, and solid pieces secured to theside edges and ends thereof and lying flush with the outer surface ofthe outer veneer, and extending between the inner and outer veneerlayers, and means for joining abutting edge and end pieces.

7. A veneered barrel comprising a plural ity of staves, each comprisinga body and an inner and outer veneer, and solid liiit'vs secured to theside edges and ends tlnreof and lying flush with the outer surface ofthe outer veneer, and extending between the inner and outer veneerlayers, and lin'zins for joining abutting edge and end pier-es without astraight transverse line of jointure therebetween.

8. A veneered barrel comprising a plurality of staves, each comprising11 body and an inner and outer veneer, and solid pieces secured to theside edges and ends thereof and lying flush with the outer surface ofthe outer veneer, and extending between the inner and outer veneerlayers, and means for joining abutting edge and end pieces without astraight transverse line of jointure therebetween, said end pie esforming, when assembled, a barrel rim, and means for receiving a barrelhead in said barrel rim.

9. A veneered barrel comprising four staves, each composed of a body andan inner and outer veneer, side edge pieces extending between the innerand outer veneer and glued to the body and formed to lie flush with theouter surface of the outer veneer, and provided with means for beingsecured to abutting edge pieces, end pieces extending between the innerand outer veneer and glued to the body, and likewise provided with meansfor being secured to abutting end pieces, said securing means comprisingjoints so constructed as to render the assembled structure without astraight transverse line of jointure between any two adjoining pieces.

10. A veneered barrel comprising four staves, each composed of a bodyand an inner and outer veneer, side edge pieces extending between theinner and outer veneer and glued to the body and formed to lie flushwith the outer surface of the outer veneer, and provided with means forbeing secured to abutting edge pieces, end pieces extending between theinner and outer veneer and glued to the body, and likewise provided withmeans for being secured to abutting end pieces, said securing meanscomprising joints so uonstructed as to render the as sembled structureWithout a straight transverse line of jointure between any two adjoiningpieces, said end pieces, when assembled, comprising the rim of thebarrel, and 10 means for securing a head to said end pieces.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 21st day ofJanuary, A. D. 1918.

RICHARDSON ROVVNTREE.

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